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Ken Ofori-Atta <\/strong><\/p>\n

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has indicated that the President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s government has over the last three years succeeded in moving the Ghanaian economy away from taxation to production.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Government has abolished a number of taxes in that regard.<\/p>\n

He mentioned the abolition of the taxes on headpotters popularly known as kayayi, reduction in electricity tariffs, and the abolition of some other nuisance taxes over the last three years.<\/p>\n

The Minister is presenting the 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government in Parliament.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has indicated that the President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s government has over the last three years succeeded in moving the Ghanaian economy away from taxation to production. According to him, the Government has abolished a number of taxes in that regard. 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